VIDEO: Sports reporter Laura Fell joins Cheltenham Town Ladies for training
Echo sports reporter Laura Fell joined Cheltenham Town Ladies for training. The video below includes interviews with team manager Ian Hutton and long-serving defender Rhona Donaldson:
View ArticleCheltenham Town: Baker wants home atmosphere at Exeter game
CHAIRMAN Paul Baker has called for Cheltenham Town fans to travel in their numbers and make Saturday's match at Exeter City feel like a 'home' fixture. The Robins' penultimate League Two match of the...
View ArticleYoungsport: Cheltenham Spa Ladies FC host girls football festival at All...
TWENTY-four young girls took up the offer of a free football festival organised by Cheltenham Spa Ladies FC on Saturday at All Saints' Academy.Former Robins captain Shane Duff was on hand to offer some...
View ArticleCare organisation supports deaf charity's laptop appeal
Gloucestershire Care Providers Association (GCPA) have very kindly donated a laptop to the Gloucestershire Deaf Association (GDA) Laptop Appeal. The appeal, launched in January 2013 aimed to raise...
View ArticleRacing editor Jonathan Herbert's tips for the second day of the April Meeting...
CHELTENHAM: 2pm Ma Filleule; 2.35 Violin Davis; 3.10 Prima Porta; 3.45 Cedre Bleu; 4.20 Aaim To Prosper; 4.55 Mister Matt (NEXT BEST); 5.25 Fabrika; 6pm Arbeo.BEST BET: Ma Filleule (Cheltenham 2pm)...
View ArticleGroup Leader needed for Marie Curie's fundraising group in Cirencester
The Marie Curie Cancer Care fundraising group in Cirencester is about to celebrate it's 1st birthday but is looking for a new volunteer Group Leader to come on board and help them organise local...
View ArticleJonjo O'Neill to host fundraiser for paralysed jockey JT McNamara at...
Jonjo O'Neill and his team at Jackdaws Castle have linked up with Cheltenham Racecourse chiefs to host a fundraising event in aid of JT McNamara and his family. Billed as 'A Night Of Fun', the event in...
View ArticleJockey Ian Popham strikes aboard Champion Court for Martin Keighley at...
Ian Popham landed the feature race on the first day of the April Meeting at Cheltenham today aboard Martin Keighley's stable star Champion Court.Riding the high-class chaser for the first time...
View ArticleGloucester Rugby: Tomasso d'Apice to keep focus on field
CONTRACT talks can wait, calls Gloucester hooker Tommaso d'Apice. The Italian front-rower has pledged to shelve his plans for the future – at least until after Saturday's Premiership clash with...
View ArticleGloucester Rugby: Nigel Davies on Saracens
RESOURCEFUL Gloucester must get back to their adaptable best – and beat Saracens at their own game this weekend, reckons boss Nigel Davies. Rugby director Davies has challenged his side to curb their...
View ArticleCounty Council elections: Lydney candidate profiles
Terry Glastonbury - Conservative I was born in Bream in 1947, married to Angela. We have two daughters and seven grandchildren. I started work with Watts of Lydney in 1962 as an apprentice. I...
View ArticleVIDEO: Young Cheltenham Town team beaten at Mangotsfield United
Mangotsfield United 2 Cheltenham Town XI 1 A young Cheltenham Town side bowed out of the Gloucestershire Senior Cup at the semi-final stage this evening. Mangotsfield United, who fielded their first...
View ArticleThe Adventures of Sinbad: Exeter, Bucko and magical mystery
James Simpson-Daniel's weekly column in association with rugby charity Wooden Spoon: ELEMENTS of my shoulder injury rehab have thrown me slightly in the last few weeks. The specialist warned I might...
View ArticleGloucestershire chief fire officer praises teams at Texas fertiliser explosions
Gloucestershire's Chief Fire Officer, Jon Hall has spoken of his incredible respect for the volunteer fire departments in the wake of a huge explosion in Texas. Mr Hall, who is also the UK's lead...
View ArticleCheltenham Town video: Kaid Mohamed answers fans' questions
Cheltenham Town winger Kaid Mohamed answers fans' questions:
View ArticleCheltenham burglary victim living in fear after raid
VICTIM Maria Hills says she is being driven out of her Cheltenham home after it was raided by a teenage thug. The 33-year-old is desperate to move from her bungalow in Wyman's Brook after it was...
View ArticleMoD workers launch campaign to save Ashchurch jobs
WORKERS at the Ashchurch Army camp have launched a defiant bid to save their jobs. Following last month's decision by the Government to close the majority of the site to make way for 2,100 homes,...
View ArticleCheltenham marathon runner narrowly escapes Boston bomb blasts
WHEN bombs ripped through the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Cheltenham runner Virginia Pawlyn was left to hunt for her two sons. The 72-year-old from Leckhampton was just half-a-mile from the...
View ArticleBusinesses in Cheltenham's Henrietta Street suffer as roadworks start
BUSINESSES in Cheltenham's Henrietta Street are already suffering as roadworks shut the town centre road. Traders on the street reported an extremely quite morning yesterday at the start of a four-day...
View ArticleCheltenham dancer Rikki needs your vote for Miss Teen Queen 2013
TEENAGE dancer Rikki Mellis is hoping to be named the Teen Queen of 2013 in a national beauty pageant. The 14-year-old, of Caernarvon Road, Up Hatherley, admitted she didn't even know about the...
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